Clutch-tripping mechanism



1641258- p 1927- M. FEYBUSCH ET AL CLUTCH TRIPPING MECHANISM Filed Sept. 5. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS MHRT/N FEYBl/SCH M FLEISC ER ATTORNEYS M. FEYBUSCH ET AL CLUTCH TRI-PPING MECHANISM Sept. 6; 1927. .2 8

Filed Sept. 5. 1924 2 Sheets-$heot 2 INVENTORS Myer/N ,FE V5050 fix. (fig/5c Rf I ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

; .vuN rEo STATES PATENT;QFVFICE.

MARTIN nYBU'sen, or Yo-ax, 1v. Y., AND PAUL w. 'rtnrsonnn, or WEEHAWKEN', I nnwannsnrfassienons TO NEW JERSEY MACHINE ooRPonA'rIon, OF HOBOKEN,

NEW JERSEY, A conroRArIoN or NEW'JEBSEY. I I i CLUTCH-TRIPPINGMECHANISM. l.

Applicatioii filed September a, 1924. Serial No. 735,581.

The principal object of this invention-is to' provide a new and improved construction of a clutch actuating oi"tripping-mechanism,

by means of which a pair of machines,.one

supplying material to'the' other for further up [manipulation or treatment may be caused to g operate in predetermined timed relationship;

I ,Anotherobject is to provide a mechanism -of the charactendescribed, capableofbe'ing quickly and readily mounted upon or detached from either of the machines.

A further object is to provide in such a mechanism a main or primary member connections from said'controlling member which may be Secured to any conveniently accessible rotating part of one of'the ina- ClllIlGStlIlCl to provide simple and effective to a separable. clutch device of the other machine, whereby saidclutch will be auto- I matically and periodically controlled operation of the first machine.

A further object is to tprovideiin such a' 1 mechanism, manually Operable controls which may be actuated tocause the t'imedrelationship between the machines to be varied. These and further; objects ,will appear, from the following more detailed description and I by reference to the accompanying drawings-i forming a part hereof, and, wherein F g. 1 I

v is a side elevation of a pair of machines having'a clutch trippingattachment constructed in accordance with the principles'of our invention connected thereto, a portion only of e the two machines .beingvshown; Fig. 2 is a i section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3

, .is a detail plan view of the treadles forvarying the'timed relationship of the mechanism; Fig. 4 is a side elevationof the stnucture shown in Fig; 3 as'seen fromithe left hand side thereof and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 3, as seen from the right hand side thereof."

yWhile our invention is. of general application, it is particularly adapted for control-' lin the operation of a pair of machines such 'as are commonly used in the manufacture and labeling of paper boxes or containers. In Fig. l of the'drawings the reference character A indicates a guinming machine [for applying adhesive to labels, which labels after being guinmed are delivered ;to the label affixing machine B The gumming machine A is provided witha clutch of any well known construction but which is shown by the a one revolution knife-clutch Clutches of this type areoldper se andtas they are well known and form no part ofthe present It is necessary merelyto state that held, by means 015a spring-(not shown), withina grooye provided in the clutch wheel to engage a slidable pin 12 to disconncetthe clutch upon each revolution. The :lever 11 thereof is connected by a-link 13 with, one

endof an oscillatingftwoarmed leverfll'et;

the other end! of said lever being. connected by a cablc15. and thenparts to be hereinafter described with anoperatingipart of the machine B. g

cam 17, the, halves of which are clamped upon said shaft by means, ofcthe bolts 18.

Thecam '17 is provided with thegroove 19 with-which the forked end-20 of the; lever- 21engages. The other end'of theqlever, 21 is provided with; an apertured elongated boss 22 slidably mounted uponene end'of a connecting rod 23; 'the'other end ofsaid :rod

In the example of the invention illus-' J being connected witha bell crank lever 29,"

to be hereinafter described; A collar 24Jis "suitably secured upon one-end of the rod 23,

adjacent to the'boss 22, to serve as a stopand nreventand limit the movement'of the rod 23 outwardly of the boss 22, -A-springt25 coiled about the rod'23 has its ends confined between one end-of the boss 22 and a collar- 26 secured to said rod and serves to urge the boss 22 and lever 21 towards the right, there- 'by holding the forked end 201 of the lever within the'groove 19 of the'cain. The-cam 17 is providedwith a throw 27 adapted to engage a pin 28 suitably secured to the lever 21 and projecting into the path of movement of the cam throw. The left hand end of" the rod- 23 (see Figsu3 and .5) ispivotally'secured by a pin 23 within" avfork 29 projecting rearwardly'from the bellcrank'29, said bell crank being mounted for oscillation upon a .-vertically extending pivot piny30,

mounted within a suitable bracket 31, secured to the frame work ofthe machine B.

ing pivot pins 34 and .35, respectiVely,"se-.'

cured therein. A treadle 36, which is rotatably mounted upon the pivot pin 34, is provided with a finger 37 which projects upwardly from the lever, at a point adjacent to the pivot pin 34. The upper end of the finger 37 is adapted to engage with a lug 29 projecting downwardly from the arm 29 of the bell crank lever, when the treadle 36 is depressed. The inner end of the foot treadle 36 is formed to provide a downwardly extending finger 39 which is adapted to engage the support carrying the bracket 31 for limiting the movement of the treadle. A spring 40 has its upper end secured to a bracket 41 mounted upon the upper end of the pivot pin 30, and the lower end of said spring is secured, as at- 42, to the foot treadle 36 for holding the treadle normally in its upper position.

- ivotally mounted upon the pivot pin 35 is a secondfoot treadle 42 which has at its inner end an upwardly projecting finger 43 adapted to engage with a lug 44, extending downwardly from the arm 29 of the bell crank 29. A spring 45 has one of its ends anchored. as at 46, to the bracket 31 and its other end secured, as at 47, to the treadle 42 and serves to normally hold said lever in its upper position, in which the finger 43 is out ofthe path of movement of the lug 44. The lever 42 is provided at its rear end with a stop 48 to limit the movement of the lever caused by the spring 45.

A coiled spring 49 has one of its ends secured to the lower end of the pin 23 and its otherend suitably anchored as at 50 to the bracket 31 and serves to normally urge the bell crank lever 29 in a clockwise direction, and thereby normally force the rod 23 and bracket 21 towards the right (Figs. 1 and the spring 25 and the engagement of the forked end 20 of the lever 21 with the bottom of the groove 19 serving to limit the movement of the bell crank in this direction. The outer end of the arm 29 of the bell crank is provided with an aperture 51 with which the cable 15 is engaged, and the outerend of the arm 29 is provided with a similar aperture 52 to permit the cable to r be extended to a machine located at a right angle to the location of machine A whenever such an arrangement of the machines may be necessary or desirable.

The operation of the device is as follows: The gumming machine A is adapted to de liver gummed labels in regularly spaced relationship to the conveyor C which carries the labels to the machine B. The machine B may be provided with any suitable transferring or feeding mechanism which receives the labels and causes them to be fixed to the containers. 'The particular mechanism employed for this apparatus forms no part of the present invention and therefore it has not been shown in the drawing; the

machine B merely being shown in outline, as it will be understood that any desired operation may be performed by this machine, our invention not being limited to the connection of two machines of any particular character. lVhatever the respective operations of the two machines may be, the cam 17 is preferably secured upon a shaft 16, of the machine B, whose rotation is an even multiple of the cycle of the operations of such machine, and the cam 17 is so positioned upon the shaft 16 that the engagement of the cam throw 27 with the pin 28 is indicative of the completion of such cycle of operations. It will be understood that the shaft of the machine B which is selected for the attachment thereto of the cam 17 is geared with, or forms a part of, the driving gear of the machine B, and that its rotation is synchronous with the cycle of operations of machine B. Obviously. such shaftmay normally be continuously in rotation under control of a treadle operated clutch, or under control of a one revolution clutch. The operating speeds of the two machines will preferably be so proportioned that each label or other article delivered by the conveyor C from the machine 'A to the machine B will normally occur at the beginning of the cycle of operations of the machine B. lVhen the cam throw 27 engages with the pin 28, the lever 21 obviously will be forced towards the left (Fig. 1), thus causing the bell crank arm 29 to be rotated in a counter-clockwise direction (Fig. 3). This rotation of the bell crank will move the arm 29 (Fig. 3) towards the right, thus exerting a pull upon the cable 15, which acting through the lever 14 and link 13 will throw the clutch lever 11 out of engagement with the pin 12 and cause the machine A and conveyor C to start. If the machine A should complete its cycle be fore the cam throw 27 engages the pin 28 upon the next revolution of the shaft 16, the lever 11 will engage the pin 12 and stop the operation of the machine A; machine A be ing held ino tierative until the cam throw again actuates the lever 21 and connected parts. If for any reason it is desired to interrupt temporarily the feeding of the artices to the machine B, the foot treadle 42 is depressed by the operator so as to bring the finger 43 into the path of movement of the lug 44, thus preventing the movement of the bell crank by the rod 23, whereupon the moven'ient of the lever 21 caused by the cam 17 merely results in compressing the spring 25 and as long as the treadle 4 held depressed, the reciprocating movement of the lever 21 will merely result in compressing the spring 25 and releasing it without iinparting any movement tothe bell crank 29. If the operators foot is removed from the foot trea-dle 42. the spring 45 will throw the lever upwardly untilthe stop 48 thereof engages the bracket 31, in which position, as

shown in Fig. 5, the finger48 is out of the path of movement of the lug 44 and oscilla-' tion ofthe bell crankis again permitted.

If the operator should desire to accelerate the feeding-of thearticles from the machine A to the machine- B, or to cause the machine A to start'its operation sooner than would be caused by the normal action of the cam 17, the foot treadle36 is depressed; This causes the finger 37 to bebrought'into en gagement with the lug 29 of the bell crank 29, thereby moving the. bell crank in a counter-clockwise direction, pulling the cable 15 to the right and disengaging the lever 11 from the pin 12. 1 I

' It will be seen thatwith a mechanism constructed in accordance with thefprinciples as described above, the operation'of'the machine A will be, caused to commence in timed relationship with the machine 13, and that this timed relationship may 'be'interrupted or retarded bydepressing the foot treadle 42, while the relationship may be ac- "cellerated by depressing the foot treadle86..

{we'have referred tothe machineA as a gumming machine and the machine B as label aflixing machine, it will be-obvious that the principles of construction are'applicable to machines of any description.-

understood thattherprinciples of the invention are not limited to usewith'a knife edge p D first-machine being provided with a separable clutch of the type shown and that themovement of the parts controlledbythe cam 27 could be used to cause the engagement for disengagement of any type ofclut'ch.

Itwill be noted that theuemploymentof a flexible connection, such as the cable 15,

permits the two machines "to be connected without necessitatingthe exact alignment of the machines many-special position and irrespective of the'relative horizontal positions 7 of the clutch l0 and'bell crank 29. Furtherand the split construction of the cam 17 enables the "two machines to be connected- .qui ckly and easily.

more, theuse of such a flexible connection \Ve also wish it to be understood that the invention is not to be considered-as limited to the specific construction and arrangement of the parts as shown in the drawings, but

1. The combination with a pair of ma-- chines,- the first machine being adapted-to deliver material to the second mach ne .for

further manipulation or treatment; and said first machine being provided witha separable clutch, ofmeansto insure the operation ,ofsa d pair of machlnes infpredetern'nned It will also be p timed relationship,'said means comprising a member adapted to be detachably securedto a moving part of the second machine, a pivotally mounted lever, a resilient connection between said memberand lever to cause said lever normally to be actuated bysaid member upon completion of the cycle of operations ofsaid second machine, and a connection between said lever and the clutch of said first "machine. 1 a 2. The combination with a pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second'rmachine'for further manipulation-or treatment, and said first machine being provided/With a separable clutch,-of means to insure the opera tion of said pairof machines in predetermined timed' relationship, said means comprising a member adapted" to be detachably secured to a moving part of the second machine, a piv'otally mounted lever, a resilient connection between saidmember andlever to cause said lever normally to be actuated by said" member upon completion of the cycle of operations of said second-machine,

a- "connection between said lever and the clutch 01 said first machine, and manually into engagement with said lever to accelerate 'or retard the predetermined timed operative clutch, of meansto insure the operation of member adapted to be detachably secured to a moving part ofithe second ,mach'ine, a

pivotally mounted lever, a resilient connection'betwee'n said member and lever to cause said lever normally to be actuated by said member upon completion of the cycle of operations of said second machine, and a connectionbetween sa1d lever and the clutch of said first machine, a. manuallyoperatable member mounted for movement into engagement with thesaid lever to prevent the normal operationofsaid clutch by said means.

4. The combination with a pair of machines. the first machine being, adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment and said. first ,machine being provided'witha separable clutch, of means to insure the operation of said pair of machines in predetermined timed relat onshlp, said means comprising a member adapted to be detachablysecuredto operatable' meansvmounted for movement said' pair ofmachines in predetermined ti'med relationship, said means comprising a a moving part of the second machine, a v

i QtQH 'mOHIItBd lever, a TGSlllGl'ltlCOl'lllGG 'tIOH'bQt-WGGH sa1d member and lever to cause said lever normally to be actuated by said member upon completion of the cycleof operations of-said second machine, a connection between said lever and the clutch of said first machine, and a. manually operatable treadle mounted for movement into engagement with said. lever to cause said lever to actuate said clutch irrespective of the position of said member.

5. The combination with a pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver n'iaterial to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a separable clutch v or" means to insure the operation of said pair of machines in predetermined timedrelationship, said means comprising a member adapted to be detachably secured to a moving part of'the second machine, a pivotally mounted lever, a resilient conneetion between said member and lever to cause said lever normally to be actuated by said member upon completion of the cycle of operations of said second machine, a connection between said lever and the clutch of said first machine, and a pair of manuall operatable treadles mounted for movement into engagement with said lever, one of said treadles, when engaged with said lever, causing the predetermined timed operative relationship of said machines to be accelerated and the engagement of the other of said treadles with said lever causing said relationship to be retarded.

(3. The combination with a. pair of ma chines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a separable clutch, of. means to insure the operation of said pair of machines in predetermined timed relationship,isaid means comprising a member adapted to be detachably secured to a moving part of the second machine, a pivotally mounted lever, a resilient connection between said member and lever to cause said lever normally to be actuated by said member upon completion of the cycle of operations of said second machine, and a connection, between said lever and the clutch of said first machine, amanually operatable treadle mounted for movement into engagement with thesaid lever to prevent the normal operation of said clutch by said means, and a spring to hold said treadle normally out of engagement with said lever.

7. The combination with a pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatn'ient. and said first machine being provided with a separable clutch, of means to insure the operation .of said pair of machines in predetermined timed relationship, and means comprising a member adapted to be detachably secured to a moving part of the second machine, a

pivotally mounted lever, a resilient connection between said member and lever to cause said lever normally to .be actuated by said member upon completion of the cycle of operations of said second machine, a connection between said lever and the clutch of said first machine, and a manually operatable t-readl-e mounted for movement into engagement with said lever to cause said lever to actuate said clutch irrespective of the position of said member, and a spring to hold said treadle normally out of engag ment with said lever. 1

8. The combination with a pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said irst machine being provided with a separable clutch, of means to insure the operation of said pair of machines in predetermined timed relationship, said means comprising a 7 member adapted to be deta-chably secured to of said first machine, a pair of manually operatable treadles mounted for movement into engagement with the said lever to preventthe normal operation of said clutch by .aid means, and resilientv means connected with each of said treadles to hold them normally out of engagen'ientwith said lever.

9. The combination with a pair of ma chines, the first'machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a separable clutch, of means to insure the operation of said pair of machines in predetermined timed relationship, said means comprising a member adapted to be detachably secured to amoving part of the second machine, a pivotally mounted lever, a resilient connection between said member and lever to cause said lever normally to be actuated upon the completion of the cycle of operations of said second machine and a flexible connection between said lever and the clutch ct said first machine.

10. The combination with a pair of ma chines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a separable clutch, ot' means to insure the operation of said pair of machines in predetermined timed relationship, said means comprising a 7 member adapted to be detachably secured to llO ' tion between said bell crank lever and said provided with means to permit for securing thereto of a connection leading to the clutch of said first machine, and a reslhent connecmember to cause said lever to be actuated normally upon the completion of the cycle of operations of said second machine.

11. The combination with a'pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a separable clutch, of means to insure the periodic engagement of said clutch upon the completion of a predetermined operation of said, second machine, said means comprising a cam adapted to be detachably secured to a rotating shaft of the second machine, a piv otally mounted lever, a member having a.

portion thereof extending into the path of movement of said cam and connected to said lever, and a connection between said lever and the clutch of said first machine.

12. The combination with a pair of ma-' chines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine. being provided with a separable clutch, ofmeans to insure the periodic engagement of said clutch upon the completion of a predetermined operation of'said second machine, said means com- 1 prising a cam adapted'to be detachably secured to a rotating shaft of the second ma chine, a pivotally mounted lever, a connecting rod having a portion of one end thereof extending into the path of movement of said cam and its other connected with said lever, said connecting rod consisting of two relatively slidable parts anda resilient connectionbetween said parts; and a connection between said lever and the clutch of said first machine. p a y I 13. The combination w1th a pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a separaodic engagement of said clutch upon the completion of a predetermined operation of said second machine, said means comprising a cam adapted to be detachably secured to a rotating shaft of the second machine, a pivotally mounted lever, a connecting rod having a portion of one end thereof extending into the pathof movement of said cam and itsother connected with said lever, said connecting rod consisting of two relatively slidable parts and a resilient connection between said parts; a connection betweensaid lever and the clutch of said first machine, and a manually operatable treadle mounted for movement into engagement with said lever to prevent the movement thereof and thereby interrupt the periodic engagement of said clutch. 1

14. The combinationwith a pair of machines, the first machine being adapted to deliver material to the second machine ble clutch, of means to insure the peri- I for further manipulation or treatment, and said first machine being provided with a and a manually operatable treadle mounted for movement into engagement with said lever to move said lever and cause engagement of said clutch independently of the operation of said cam;

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

MARTIN FEYBUSGH. PAUL w. FLEISGHER. 

